Tolkien estate apparently did not like the movies. So we must needs wait for the copyright expiration before we can expect the movie of Berenice and Lúthien, the woman who entered Sauron’s tower full of werewolves and vampires. So , what’s that, 1973+70 years? 90 years? More!? Ask yourself: do you want copyright to be extended? Fuck that shit.
@kensanata I'm a published author, and I think that the original copyright term of 14 years with the option to renew once for 28 years total was perfectly reasonable.
I'm borrowing from my culture to create; it's only fair that what I create should become part of the culture so that others can build upon it.
Life of the author is excessive, IMO. Life + 70-90 years is outrageous, since the monopoly on a work no longer benefits the creator, but descendants who had no hand in its creation.
@anarchosaurus @kensanata Corporations should not be permitted to hold copyrights. Work-for-hire should be abolished. Instead, copyrights and patents should belong to their creators and corporations should be required to pay royalties/residuals.
how about copyright law is only valid for 10 years then it's public domain
https://resources.whitesourcesoftware.com/blog-whitesource/the-100-million-case-for-open-source-license-compliance
> $100,000,000 for disrespecting RMS's license
@alfred @anarchosaurus @starbreaker I like the GPL and find that it’s a good tool against those who would rob us of our rights and defend their position using copyright. Fight fire with fire. But if we had to give up the GPL in order to get public domain everything else, I think I’d make that deal.
@kensanata @alfred @anarchosaurus @starbreaker Definitely.
But it's worth noting the GPL is not the same type of legal construct proprietary software companies use (though courts have ruled it works as such).
Proprietary software uses contract law to grant a license to use. We're more than satisfied with plain license law.
@kensanata @alfred @anarchosaurus @starbreaker That's why free software doesn't need you to click "I agree".
Also I should've said IANAL.
@alfred @anarchosaurus @kensanata Fuck the capitalists. They've gotten their own way too often for too long.
@anarchosaurus @starbreaker I’m already happy if they get it down again, like down to 14 years.
